lump

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[[t]lʌmp[/t]]

n.

1) a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape:

a lump of coal[/ex]

2) pat a protuberance or swelling:

a blow that raised a lump on his head[/ex]

3) an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump:

All the articles were piled in a great lump[/ex]

4) a small block of granulated sugar, for sweetening hot coffee, tea, etc

5) majority; plurality; multitude:

The great lump of voters are still undecided[/ex]

6) cvb inf lumps, Informal. harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat

7) inf Informal. a heavy, clumsy, and usu. stupid person

8) in the form of a lump or lumps:

lump sugar[/ex]

9) made up of a number of items taken together; not divided:

to pay a debt in a lump sum[/ex]

10) to unite into one aggregation, collection, or mass (often fol. by together):

We lumped the reds and blues together[/ex]

11) to deal with, consider, etc., in the lump or mass:

to lump unrelated matters indiscriminately[/ex]

12) to make into a lump or lumps

13) to raise into or cover with lumps:

a plow lumping the moist earth[/ex]

14) to form a lump or lumps

15) to move heavily and awkwardly

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- get or take one's lumps

Etymology: 1250–1300; ME lumpe, lomp(e); akin to early D lompe piece lump′ing•ly, adv. II

lump

[[t]lʌmp[/t]] v. t.

inf inf to put up with; resign oneself to; accept and endure:

If you don't like it, you can lump it[/ex]

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Etymology: 1785–95; amer.; orig. uncert.